“And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.” Luke 22:25 KJV
Euergetism is the Greek word for benefactors used by the gentiles during the Greco-Roman phenomenon in which the the rulers and the wealthy improved their reputations and power through acts of public generosity. The practice was often inspired by political self interest or led to ruthless taxation. Eventually leading to the subjugation of those allegedly helped.
Any family resemblance between the Green New Deal and the Green Revolution is not acknowledged and the similarities are ignored, a shunning as only the guilty are capable of maintaining; but like the disowned bad girl tossed out of the family maybe they just sometimes have to stretch the bounds of the non-disclosure on occasion to make people wonder about the possibilities of the past.
Euergetism, Europe, Euro… probably just a coincidence, huh?
I have no idea why the March 20 article by Daniel Horowitz in https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/gop-sellouts-fight-to-keep-bidens-green-new-deal-cash-flowing? traveled the busy avenue of misinformation but for me it brought to mind the origins of the Green Revolution again. I’ll address the connection this post’s title infers to after the fog is cleared.
But first, you remember Senora Cortez’s entry into big time politics when she included a plank she called the Green New Deal? Catchy but UNlikely one she dreamed up by herself.
From https://www.ocasiocortez.com/green-new-deal
What is the Green New Deal?
The Green New Deal is a jobs and justice-centered plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy within ten years. It is one of the only plans put forward which is actually in line with scientific consensus and the United Nations’ IPCC Report. The Green New Deal also focuses on creating the maximum amount of prosperity for working people and marginalized communities in the process.
Not one mention of Biden anywhere on that website. It appears someone was using Cortez to explore a new angle on an old discovery. I wouldn’t say she’s the one who re-birthed the phrase; More like a mid-wife. Or a mid-wife’s gofer.
A critical link to this story:
https://medium.com/office-of-citizen/imperfect-arcs-of-progress-666beb358fa6
The next Green New Deal effort offered some evidence of that gofer role when a senior senator lends weight to the deal https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-and-ocasio-cortez-reintroduce-green-new-deal-resolution. It also had the support of the UNusual left:
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Care in Action, Center for Popular Democracy, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Climate Action, Corazon Latino, Cuyama Lamb LLC, Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, FracTracker Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Green New Deal Network, Greenpeace USA, Justice Democrats, League of Conservation Voters, MADRE, Marked By Covid, Mid-Ohio Valley, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, National Domestic Workers Alliance, NY Renews Coalition, People’s Action, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Right to the City Alliance, Rachel Carson Council, Sierra Club, Sunrise Movement, Sunflower Alliance, The Black Hive @ M4BL, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), United We Dream, US High Speed Rail Association, WildEarth Guardians, WV New Jobs Coalition, Zero Hour, 350 Hawaii, and 350.org.
Still no mention of Biden anywhere on that website.
Neither was blazedotcom breaking any new story; it wasn’t until I started looking for the UNmentioned republicans that I came across https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4815990-mike-johnson-ira-clean-energy-tax-credits/ an 08/07/24 version of the story that not only named the targeted bill, it named all but three of the (at that time) recalcitrant republicans…
In addition to Garbarino, the letter was signed by GOP Reps. David Valadao (Calif.), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Ore.), Marc Molinaro (N.Y.), Erin Houchin (Ind.), Anthony D’Esposito (N.Y.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.), Nick LaLota (N.Y.), Young Kim (Calif.), Jen Kiggans (Va.), John Curtis (Utah), Don Bacon (Neb.), Tom Kean Jr. (N.J.), Dave Joyce (Ohio), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa), Juan Ciscomani (Ariz.), Mark Amodei (Nev.) and Buddy Carter (Ga.).
That Mike Lawler , the Congressional representative of Pocantico Hills was amongst them, serves as the congressional lynch pin to the modern chapter of the veiled but still ugly step-child of the Rockefeller foundation story; and why would I be bringing up the Rockefeller foundation again?
There’s some valuable insight starting on page three (3) at https://www.issuelab.org/resources/27826/27826.pdf
Who’s your benefactor?